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Leif Erickson was blown off course by a storm. Erickson landed on the labrador peninsula in present day Canada Erickson was the first Europeans to reach north America. They tried to stay but the attacks by the Native Americans forced them to leave.
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Prince Henry the Navigator found a school for sailors. Prince Henry the Navigator studied navigation, map making,shipbuilding,and astronomy. Henry spent lots of money money on school and expeditions exploring the coast of Africa.
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Bartolomeu Dias sailed from Portugal southward made it ti the bottom of Africa. Discovering the southern tip of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.
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Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Columbus sailed for Spain and tried to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic landed in the Americas but believed he had reached Asia even when he died in 1506. Before Columbus died he made 4 trips across the Atlantic.
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Vasco Da gama sailed all around Africa and all the way to India. Da Gama won the European race for a sea route to Asia.
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John Cabot was an Italian sailor sailing for the English searched for passage to the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Canada and New foundland. This became the basis of England's claim to North America.
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Juan Ponce de Leon explored present -day Floridia in 1513 looking for the fountain of youth. Juan found the colony's oldest settlement.
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca accompained by Estevanico (a slave) and others, explored the North American Southwest looking for 7 cities of gold.
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Jacques cartier sailed down the Saint Lawerence river all the way to present day montreal claiming lands for France.
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Hernando de Soto explored Florida and North Carolina. he also discovered Mississippi river.
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Francisco Vasquez was an cont. In north American southwest looking for cities of gold, discovered the Grand canyon ( In AZ ).
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Herny Hubson led the Dutch expeditions to present day New yoek in 1609.
